Hello darling. Let’s dream for a bit. I am feeling the slightest spark of knojo coming back to me and it has prompted me to go to town on my Ravelry queue. I have been selecting and pairing like a crazy woman. I have some cold weather options and some put away for when things start to warm up. My soul is starting to yearn for something squishy and glorious to cast on. I am also all about using the yarn and patterns that I already have. My cold weather choices are The Snuggle is Real, Dry Martini, The Homie Hoodie, Fernwood Cardigan, Branches Cowl, and The Zipper Sweater. These project will use up the Wool of Andes Bulky that I salvaged from the weird cocoon with harsh wings (Homie Hoodie), the Ms. Babs Yowza that Abs gave me ages ago (Dry Martini), and the Cascade Eco + that I can’t seem to use up (Fernwood Cardigan.) There are other pairings too, like the Branches kit I bought at the last Stitches West, but nothing will need to be purchased to complete them.
I am equally excited about the warm weather collection. Oddly all but one are patterns that I have knit previously. Cropped Lace Tee, Short Row Sweater, The Levee Shawl, Ruegen (the one I haven’t already knit), Heartbeat Top, and Heart of Glass. I will be honest that the reason for a couple of the reknits are due to the fact that at one point I either knit the wrong size (Short Row Sweater) or used the wrong yarn (Cropped Lace Tee). The Levee Shawl is being reknit because I gave the one I already had to Sister #3. The Heart of Glass was knit using unfortunately yarn, but was also knit as a long sleeved sweater. This time she will be knit with short sleeves and cotton/ linen/ silk yarn so that she may be light and breezy. She may end up being knit for the Mother, but we will see. The Heartbeat is one of my favorite tops and I just want a second one in black. I also desperately want to use up the rest of the Berroco Glace yarn. And I saw Marce on Hey Brownberry knit a Ruegen, and I loved hers so much that I want to try my hand at one.
The last bit of knitting that I have actual solid plans to knit are Celtic Plait Socks and the Dr. Who Scarf. The socks are for the Female O and the scarf is for the Husband. There is a ridiculous story to go with the scarf, but that is just typical Mrs. Collins chaos. Once I can get started on the scarf, it will be for the Husband’s Father’s Day gift.
I am kind of loving this Dream Knitting. I want to cast on everything, honestly. I want to just get it all on the needles and work on them as they please me. I almost have a case of cast-on paralysis because I don’t know which darling to start first. Shit may be about to get real in the land of WIPs, stay tuned!
Loves,
M
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